Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE

Amount

$121,934.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Project Summary: During development, sensory innervation to taste buds is tightly regulated by the actions of the neurotrophin, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). BDNF is expressed in gustatory epithelium and determines whether gustatory neurons wi